Friday, July 4, 2025

Danger lurks on roads

Wild driving inspired by poor enforcement of traffic rules and soft penalty have made the highways across the country and the streets of the capital death traps. Fifteen people died in road accidents across the country yesterday alone. Last year, the number of road casualty in the country was 2,467 while the number of the

A sacrifice and a family in trouble

Ten-year-old Tanvir was sitting in front of his computer, looking at his father’s photo set as desktop background. “I try to find him in his photograph,” said the boy, a class-four student of Manipur High School’s Rupnagar branch. He got the computer as a gift from his father a few days before the last Eid-ul-Fitr. Tanvir’s ... Read more

Tremor jolts Bangladesh

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale yesterday jolted the capital and other parts of the country. A good number of structures in different areas of the country shook heavily due to the tremor that hit around 6.41pm when people out to the street in panic. However, there was no immediate report of damage or

Pybus gives green signal to BCB

Former Pakistani coach Richard Pybus is almost certain to replace Australian Stuart Law as the head coach of the Bangladesh national team after he was satisfied with the available facilities and a fruitful discussion with the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Friday. The Englishman arrived in the capital on Thursday evening to hold talks with the

Over Tk 100cr tax anomalies found

Destiny Group Over Tk 100cr tax anomalies found 5 more bank accounts frozen The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has detected anomalies of over Tk 100 crore in tax and VAT dodging by two concerns of the Destiny Group, officials said. Destiny Tree Plantation was found to have dodged tax over Tk 70 crore while ... Read more

Bangladesh set for slower growth

UN report sees 6.6pc GDP growth, troubled exports Bangladesh faces a year of slowing growth, partly caused by contraction in exports due to the eurozone crisis, an annual United Nations report warned yesterday. Economic growth may slow slightly to 6.6 percent in 2012 from 6.7 percent last year, the UN’s Economic and Social Commission for ... Read more

Siddik lifts title with ease

Country’s ace golfer Siddikur Rahman clinched the title of the bti International Golf Championship with ease after he finished with a total score of 13-under-par 275 at the Kurmitola Golf Club on Thursday. Siddik started the fourth and final day of the Tk 15 lakh event with a handy lead of five strokes and he ... Read more

Farashganj stun Muktis

Farashganj Sporting Club’s new recruit Henry Chindo scored the winner to help his team come out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 win over title contenders Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in the Bangladesh Premier League on Thursday. Defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club came from behind to draw

Nasir finally gets Candian visa

Bangladesh’s all-rounder Nasir Hossain was finally granted a Canadian visa under special arrangement to play in an exhibition match in Toronto on Saturday. Earlier, the Canadian High Commission in Dhaka had denied Nasir the visa he sought to play the KAT ROSE Twenty20 Cricket All-Star Exhibition match for the Asia XI against International XI at

Brad Pitt To Endorse Women’s Fragrance

Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt has shocked one and all by deciding to endorse a woman’s fragrance. The Mr and Mrs Smith star will lend his much talked about charisma to promote Chanel No.5, the bestselling fragrance from the house of Chanel. Brad will be the first male celebrity endorser for Chanel that has previously been ... Read more

EU presses for talks

Says political unrest sending devastating signal to investors abroad Bangladesh’s image abroad faces a serious crisis because of political violence, hartals, corruption and disappearances, European Union envoys said yesterday. They said incidents of street violence, killings and disappearances in Bangladesh give a negative signal to the outside world and discourage foreign investments in Bangladesh despite ... Read more

DU teacher reappears

Cops, colleagues bin his claim of abduction A Dhaka University teacher reappeared on his own at a Khagrachhari police Station yesterday, 42 hours after his alleged abduction from Dhaka, giving rise to more questions than answers. On his appearance at Dighinala Police Station around 1:30pm, Nuruddin Alo, a lecturer of political science department, claimed to ... Read more

Huge audiences enjoy Tagore songs at Chhayanaut

A jampacted audience enjoyed timeless Tagore songs performed by the talented singers on Tuesday at the Chhayanaut auditorium. Chhayanaut Sangeskritik Kendrea organised the two-day Rabindra-Utsab celebrating the Nobel Laureate poet’s 151st birth anniversary. The opening day programme of the festival began with a group dance recital by Chhayanaut artistes